Get your hands dirty

Like I promised, I'm back with an outfit post! The weather was super hot recently so I lean more towards long sleeves shirt and jeans to prevent sun exposure. But yesterday there's a need for denim shorts so I'm leave with no choice, I really dislike wearing shorts for super sunny weather cause it'll result in uneven tanned. 

Like 3/4 of my body will be tanned but the 1/4 will look awkward and out of place. 

I pair this outfit with another apparels the other day, the skirt. It created an entirely different look which makes matching apparels an important aspect to look into! I think this white top will be the best apparel that I ever invested in cause it can be easily match with other clothing. 

Found one of this cute little things while I was shopping, it's like fluffy soft toy that I can make by myself! Part of DIY, which is related to my title " Get my hands dirty" . I'll be trying to make this cause it's just so adorable and I can chose the design I want to make. 

I'll either be googling on how to do this or take up classes which cost SGD 20 per class. If I know how to do this, I'll make a "How to do" blogpost about this so you guys don't have to spend money to learn it! I'm aiming to do a little panda, cat or hamster during the DIY! Do stay tuned (: 

Thank you for reading! 

OOTD: Blown Away + DIY Post

Kimono: Forever 21 

Top: Berksha 

Bottom: BlogShops 

Shoes: Stylenanda 

Sunglasses: Cotton On 

A very simple outfit for dinner date, especially love the kimono design and material. Super suitable for the summer theme, with the pale colors and feathery light design. Summer tends to be the season where you just want to wear as little as possible to avoid the heat but I still wanna look decent at the same time so the kimono will be the best add-on to my whole look. 

So if you're looking for something light but colorful this summer, kimono will be the best outerwear for you! 

-BIRDIE'S DIY TIME- 

So I was really bored the other day while studying with my friends, blame my short attention span. I decided to get this loom look band pack, it only cost SGD 4 for the pack inclusive of the kit. 

I had a really hard time trying to make this thing cause it doesn't come with a instruction so you can totally imagine how panicky I was when I saw this packet full of rubber bands.

But eventually I figured it out with the help of YouTube videos! If you're having trouble making, do check out YouTube videos on how to make them! It's super easy(: 

I make like 5 of this and gave my friends some of it (: . It's super affordable, cute and best gift for your friends and family cause it's handmade! 

Have you guys try to make something lie that before too? 

Ripped Jeans

Bottom: DIY Ripped Jeans 

So I was really inspired by certain instagrammer when I saw how they styled their ripped jeans, it's really attractive and sexy. At first, I source around online for a pair of ripped jeans but I can't seem to find the pair of jeans that I really want. 

So I kind of sat down and decided to DIY my own pair of ripped jeans, it's really very simple all you need will be a pair of old jeans, scissors and you're ready to go. Just cut open holes, any patterns and designs according to your liking. I personally enjoys doing DIY cause I find it really unique and it's one of a kind. 

So overall, it looks like this. I cut a bigger holes at the knee part so that whenever I bend down or sit down, it'll create this effect. Ripped jeans can easily be pair with everything, it's absolutely something I'll wear often as it's really comfortable and to my liking. 

So what do you think about the ripped jeans? 

Silver Lightning Thief

Top: Dig it out from my closet, it's like my 12 years old clothes. 

Skirt: It's an ancient piece of long skirt that I DIY into: 

Boots: Have been wearing it since forever 

I never really thought I'll be into DIY and doing makeover on old clothes but I did it anyway and I love the result! Anyway I am really into old clothing during the past few days. I was back in my holiday cottage to stay and I ran out of clothing so I decided to put on pieces from my old clothes to see what I can create. So I'm down with this silver lightening clothes, I don't usually wear bling bling but I think bling bling clothing can be quite attractive at times, I love how it's quite catchy and it contrasts with the black skirt so I guess it's an ancient make over. 

One of my favorite thing about the whole outfit will be the skirt itself cause the design is irregular and when I DIY it I didn't expect it to be like that but I like it better like that cause it's much more unique and attractive! 

So I guess I just might be doing more DIY or even making the outfit pieces by myself soon! Anyway what do you guys think about the outfit ? 

Going Classic

Dress : Topshop 

It's finally back to school day for me, all the nice long holiday I had were all leave behind. So I decided to put on a simple dress for this back to school occasion and also shopping trip with my friends so dress seems like the best available choice as it's so easy to put on and not much thoughts need to be put on it! 

Can you see the bow on the dress ? I find it so cute and this dress is just so simple in a color and the color seems just right and easy to get on with anything. I didn't wear any accesories with it except for the four leaf clover necklace cause I am afraid too many accesories might be too cluster and kill away the classic-liked feel. 

This is probably the last few times you'll see me with brown hair, I'm going to bleach my hair into this ombre red/ purple color cause it's just so pretty and I absolutely want this kind of hairstyles for decade so I'm like why not give it a try. I'm going to self DIY my hair with hair bleach and temporary hair dyed, can't wait for all the items I ordered to arrive so I can get started!

DIY Christmas Card

Since Christmas is nearing, I decided to prepare early and make Christmas cards for my friends and family! Above is the end results of some of the cards I made, it's fairly simple and it only takes up maximum 5 minute for every card. It's super economical too if you have cute pattern paper and stickers laying around in the house. 

Material : Pattered / Color Paper 

             : Stickers 

             : Pen 

             : Scissors 

             : Glue / Tape 

1) Firstly, gathered all the stickers you have laying around in the house. Pop- up stickers, floral stickers or just any normal stickers. 

2) Next, cut out the big piece of paper into half by folding them to get the line first and cut them into half with 2 sides so you can write the Christmas message inside. 

3) Thirdly, get another paper of different color and design to cut the shape you want! For Christmas, I cut a Christmas tree shape and some snowman! In order to get this shape, draw the outline on the page where you are going to paste it down! 

4) Lastly, paste the Christmas tree design on the paper card you selected and there you go! You have your personalize Christmas card, you can now add stickers and write message inside the card! It'll be perfect for Christmas and the person getting it will feel honored to get a personalized card. 

Have you try making your own cards yet? If you haven't , do get going! 

DIY Crop Top

Today I wore my DIY top out along with the cotton on shorts. This top is an oversized guy's top so I decided to do some magical touch to it by cutting the top, side and bottom to make it fit my size though it's still a little big as you can see. 

My favorite part about this top will be the bottom part where I cut out layer and make it go in an uneven kind of wavy ways. This top is kind of perfect for summer as it's really airy and inside you just gotta wear a tube or if you want you can wear another tank too to match it up. 

I really love DIY-ing clothes and everything, I find that it gave me more of my " me " taste. Like it represent me more and I'm wearing my own clothes, double HORRAY. You can make it out of any type of top that you don't usually wear so you can kind of experience with it in case it failed at the first try. 

Close up photos of the top(: , the bottom part was cut up and tie to each strand so it won't get messy or have wild strand when it got wash in the washing machine. 

That's my arm candy of the day (: , some of them I bought from Rubi while some I got them during my trip to Phuket, Thailand. 

What do you guys think about DIY clothing ? (: 

xoxo 

Random mix and match

Today I basically open my wardrobe and realized there are lots of clothes that I bought on impulse, like I wore them once and I never wear them again so I feel mega guilty about all those forgotten clothes and decided to have a random mix match among those clothes and I ended up with a combination of this :

It's basically a tank too with a jacket, along with my medium length shorts. 

The jacket was originally not tie but I tie the bottom part to give it more of a summer look rather than hanging loosely around me. I really have this thing about tying my clothing, it's just my fetish and I find it look better.

One thing I really like about this outfit will be the shorts and the design on it, I love the mickey mouse and the words it really add to design contrasting the plain outfit.

 

So do you guys have outfit that you don't wear that often in your wardrobe too ? x

 

 

 

On a side note, I found this really cute DIY heart shape beads made by my friend laying around my house, so what do you guys think of this heart shape DIY ? (:

xx